At dawn, the buzz of airplanes came from the distant sky again, and about 10 Japanese aircraft appeared again.
They were flying in the sky that did not belong to them, but they were so majestic. They could see the rising sun flag on their fire plane like the rising sun, and their hearts were naturally filled with the pride of being a Yamato nation.
When Gubeikou arrived, Japanese planes swooped down.
They have nothing to be afraid of, and there is absolutely no need to be afraid, just because they found that the Chinese army on the opposite side did not have anti-aircraft weapons.
So what are they afraid of? They would never mind blowing out a few more holes in the already riddled Gubeikou General Building until it completely disappears from this world.
But just after the Japanese plane dived down, the Japanese officer responsible for commanding the bombing mission suddenly shouted to stop the bombing.
Because of their unscrupulousness, their planes were already flying low enough.
Because they were flying low enough, they could no longer see any signs of Chinese military activity on the Gubeikou position.
The Japanese plane dived down and pulled up again, but did not drop the bomb.
Then to confirm, the bombers dived and flew lower again. Their planes flew so low that the wind passing by the wings seemed to be able to blow the wormwood on the ground.
Oh, this metaphor is wrong. The ground is already a piece of scorched earth. Where is the wormwood?
The Japanese planes pulled up again, and then these Japanese planes turned back and flew towards the Japanese positions. They fluttered their wings. How could the Japanese soldiers below not understand? So in the roar of the planes, the ground The proud cheers of the invaders were heard.
The Chinese army retreated, they actually retreated, they retreated as expected. Although the Chinese army also caused thousands of casualties to their Japanese army, victory ultimately belonged to their Imperial Japanese Army!
Under the orders of the Japanese officers, the Japanese soldiers walked forward in unison with their long Type 38 rifles with bayonets attached.
Although they were very small in stature, in their eyes, the Imperial Japanese Army walked with such majesty.
They walked unscrupulously on Chinese soil, and some even stepped over the bodies of fallen Chinese soldiers.
All the Japanese soldiers knew what to do next.
The reporters accompanying them will take photos of them. They will stand in front of the riddled general building, raising the command swords and Type 38 rifles of the Imperial Japanese Army to celebrate the supremacy of the Imperial Japanese Army. Martial arts, thus allowing history to remember a proud moment for the Japanese - they finally stepped on the longest mountain pass that symbolizes China!
This honor undoubtedly belongs to the first Japanese army to arrive at Gubeikou. That Japanese army even had a skull painted on its flag.
The Japanese military reporter has already thought about it. In a few days, the title he wrote will appear in their newspaper of the Empire of Japan - Skeleton Team Climbs the Great Wall!
Just when the reporter accompanying the Japanese army raised his Leica camera, there was a faint sound of gunfire just southeast of Gubeikou.
Um? Is the battle not over yet? All Japanese troops turned their attention to the direction where the gunshots came from.
There is a mountain that the Japanese army does not know, and it is also called an unknown hill for the time being. In China, it is called Mao'er Mountain. Although the mountain is steep, it is not very high, and it looks like a hill with an insignificant appearance.
Yes, the battle is still not over, although this time it is only a battle between seven people.
There were seven Chinese soldiers on that mountain. For some unknown reason, they did not receive the order to retreat.
And the Japanese army had already started to take action, so they naturally had to shoot.
"Your large army has retreated, and there are only a few of you left. You can surrender!" There was a cry from the bottom of the mountain.
And this is China's misfortune. No matter which dynasty or generation there are invaders, there will always be traitors accompanying them.
But the call was still answered by the sound of gunshots.
In the vast 5,000 years of China, there has been no shortage of surrenders in all dynasties, but there have never been brave men who were not afraid of breaking their own bones, not to mention the invasion of aliens this time.
The Japanese army began to attack that hill. In the eyes of the Japanese army, the majestic Imperial Japanese Army had already captured the front line of the Great Wall. Is it still missing a hill like yours?
The Japanese bombers have already flown away.
And the Japanese officers who commanded the ground operations would never call the bombers over as the army again. They had their own pride. It was obvious that there were few Chinese soldiers on the hill who did not have heavy weapons, but they called the bombers over for bombing. Isn't that right? Want to make the Air Force laugh out loud?
It’s just that the Japanese army was really wrong.
The first mistake was that they thought there were not many troops on the mountain and not many people were sent to attack the mountain each time, so they adopted the tactic of adding fuel to the fire.
The second mistake was the sound of gunfire on the mountain, including rifles and even a light machine gun.
Although the mountain is not high, it is very steep. The Japanese troops who were attacking from behind were constantly shot and fell down.
Seeing that the number of casualties had gradually increased to a hundred, the originally arrogant Japanese officer realized that something was wrong. He brought in mortars and bombed the hill indiscriminately.
When the Japanese officer felt that it was about the same, he waved his sword and ordered the soldiers to continue charging.
Sure enough, this time on the hill, there was no sound of light gun shooting. It was obvious that the light machine gun had been smashed.
It's just that the light machine gun stopped firing, but the sound of rifle shooting remained the same, although it was less than the already uneven gunfire before.
After suffering more than 10 casualties, the Japanese army finally reached the top of the hill. At this time, there were no living Chinese soldiers on the hill. There were seven bloody bodies of Chinese soldiers on top.
At this time, the Japanese officer who was responsible for commanding the attack on the mountain found out after counting the people around the hill that their Japanese army had killed hundreds of people, and this did not include those who were shot and wounded and rescued.
Finally, the Japanese officer also climbed up the hill. He looked at the seven Chinese soldiers who would rather fight and die than surrender. After a moment of silence, he ordered: "These seven people are China's warriors, we must bury them!" "
Finally, there was a new grave on the relatively gentle southern slope of Mao'er Mountain, and the Japanese army even erected a sign that read "Seven Heroes Tomb."
These seven Chinese soldiers belonging to the 145th Regiment of the 25th Division of the 17th Army became the last Chinese soldiers in the Battle of Gubeikou. They failed to withdraw with the troops in time, and in the end they all died for their country.
If war is like a rushing river, sometimes the death of seven people is just a small wave in the river.
As the war progressed, the Chinese army even forgot that they had set up a checkpoint at Maoershan, and the seven soldiers never returned.
Several years later, some Chinese people accidentally went up the mountain and saw the sign erected by the Japanese army, and realized that there were seven ordinary soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country.
However, when I checked the Chinese information, there was no record at all. In the end, I found out about these seven Chinese soldiers from Japanese newspapers.
How sad? Fortunately? Who can tell.
During the 14-year War of Resistance, how many unknown heroes of the Chinese nation threw their bodies on the battlefield, and in the end no one knew about it.
Well, although the Great Wall War of Resistance is not over yet, Gubeikou was eventually occupied by the Japanese army.
The Japanese army naturally wanted to clean up the battlefield, burn the corpses of what they called broken officers and soldiers, and then transport the ashes back to the country by plane.
They also gathered up the guns that Chinese officers and soldiers had abandoned on the battlefield. It was impossible for them to leave the guns and ammunition behind.
The Japanese army moved forward again, and they needed to attack Nantianmen.
So one day later, all that was left on the Gubeikou front line were countless corpses of dead Chinese officers and soldiers.
In the following days, the weather began to get warmer, the wind, rain, sun, and wild beasts pecked them, and finally the corpses of those officers and soldiers turned into piles of white bones.
At this time, a monk named Ming Kai appeared. He took his disciples and called on some villagers to collect the remains of these officers and soldiers, and finally found 360 remains.
The monk chose a geomantic treasure site, and the people around him began digging graves.
It's just that most of this area is mountainous, and even the so-called soil dug out is just stone dregs.
"What a sin! How can such a thing be used to bury a hero? We Chinese must be laid to rest!" said an old man present with tears streaming down his face.
So the people who came from all over the country to search for the remains carried good soil from all over the place to make new graves for these fallen soldiers.
Finally, they built a "meat mound tomb" more than 10 meters high to commemorate the anti-Japanese soldiers who died on the line of the Gubeikou Great Wall.
If that's the case, that's it. Summer has passed, autumn has come again, autumn has come and winter has come.
In the twelfth lunar month of winter, an old man went up the mountain to cut firewood, but he found the remains of a fallen soldier in the mountain.
He decided to carry the remains to the Meat Mound Tomb. Even if he dug through the frozen soil, he could not let the soldier's remains be exposed to the wilderness.
But he couldn't figure out why this soldier died in the mountains and forests?
He did not know that this soldier was actually a signal soldier. When he went to notify the people at the Maoershan checkpoint to evacuate on the day of the retreat, he happened to be seen by the Japanese army and was shot to death.
Because the death of a soldier delivering a message led to the death of seven soldiers, but these seven soldiers killed hundreds of invaders before they were killed.
Seven ordinary soldiers fought bravely despite strong enemies and were all killed in the end. China is lucky to have such warriors!
The country is weak, and the seven people who sacrificed their lives for the country did not even leave their names. If the enemy had not set up a sign, no one would know about it. What a tragedy for China!
